The civil rights movement in India has emerged as an autonomous voice in defense of civil liberties and democratic rights of our people. The Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi, is one such organisation. It came into existence in 1977 as the Delhi unit of a larger national forum, PUCLDR, and became PUDR on 1 February, 1981.
Remembering Stan Swamy (26 April 1937 – 5 July 2021)
The state persecuted Stan Swamy under the UAPA, a punishment that precipitated his death as an undertrial in judicial custody. Stan Swamy was framed, fettered, and finally forced towards a fatal illness under due process of law called the UAPA.
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Politicizing a civic facility in the name of Women’s Rights
The Delhi Government’s initiative of the Pink Saheli Card ensuring free mobility on the DTC buses was launched by President Draupadi Murmu on March 2, 2026, as part of the four schemes dedicated to women. The Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta took a ride on a DTC bus on...
“Bhima Koregaon” prosecution: The punishment continues
Five years and five months after their arrest in the “Bhima Koregaon” case on 7 September 2020, Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor were granted bail by the Bombay High Court on 23 January 2026 and released. The detailed order that was uploaded by the court recently...
Acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 case compromises the essence of justice
On 22 January 2026, a Delhi court acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case arising from the anti-Sikh violence in Janakpuri, Delhi, during November 1984. The Special Judge held that there was a lack of credible evidence establishing Kumar’s presence or...
Release APCLC activists, protect right to political critique
PUDR condemns the arrest of Kranthi Chaitanya, Vice-President of the Civil Liberties Committee (Andhra Pradesh unit), and fellow activist Mohan Krishna on 9 January 2026, and their subsequent remand to judicial custody on 10 January. The FIR, based on a complaint...
विरोध से उत्पीड़न तक: दिल्ली दंगा केस में सुप्रीम कोर्ट का अहम फैसला
5 जनवरी 2026 को, सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने य़ूएपीए के तहत एफ.आई.आर. 59/2020 के तथाकथित 'दिल्ली दंगों की साज़िश मामले' में अपना पहला महत्वपूर्ण आदेश दिया, जिसमें पांच लोगों (गुलफिशा फातिमा, शिफा उर रहमान, मीरान हैदर, मोहम्मद सलीम खान और शादाब अहमद) को ज़मानत दी गई और दो लोगों...
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Fatal confrontation: custodial death of suraj prakash, adarsh nagar police station, delhi
PUDR investigation in to the death of Suraj Prakash Pawar, a 32-year-old man from Majlis Park in North West Delhi, who died on 27 November 2023 in police custody at the Adarsh Nagar Police, Station, Delhi. PUDR had met the family and an eyewitness, and also spoke to...
Justice for Stan Swamy
A Long Battle for Justice
Workers of Bellsonica Auto Component India Private Limited at the Industrial Model Township (IMT) Manesar in the National Capital Region of India have been sitting on relay hunger strike outside their factory since 4 May 2023, protesting against the spate of recent...
Probing the Jahangirpuri Communal Incident, Delhi, 2022
Jahangirpuri in northwest Delhi came into the headlines when an outbreak of communal violence took place in the course of a confrontation between some Hindus and Muslims during a Hanuman Jayanti procession on 16 April 2022. Two FIRs (nos. 440 and 441 of 2022,...
37th Annual Ramanadham Memoria Lecture 2022: Digitization, Science and Criminal Investigation: Concerns for Democratic Rights
Every year PUDR organizes a Dr Ramanadham memorial lecture on a topic of contemporary interest. Last year it was Urban Planning and Democratic Rights. The year before that it was on Judiciary and Democratic Rights. In 2008 the topic of the 22nd Ramanadham memorial...
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